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Rollbacks to Title IX cause concerns among Fredonians

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 13, 2018December 13, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderDecember 13, 2018December 13, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesJESSICA SERRANO Special to The Leader Big changes are coming to Title IX. Betsy DeVos, the U.S. Secretary of Education, is making her propositions heard. In a speech at George Mason University, she said, “The truth is that the system established by the prior administration has failed too many students....

Knife-wielding Fredonia man killed by police officer on Liberty St.

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 11, 2018August 25, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderDecember 11, 2018August 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesJOSH RANNEY News Editor A normally quiet street in Fredonia was the site of a large police presence Monday afternoon. Authorities were dispatched to a residence on Liberty Street in Fredonia around 2 o’clock Monday afternoon for reports of a man with a knife. A responding Village of Fredonia police...

Police Notters

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018August 25, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018August 25, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute Monday, Nov. 19 3:39 a.m. University Police were called to the scene of a hit and run. When confronting the driver, he had moved to the passenger’s seat and claimed that the driver fled. He was charged with reckless driving and bad lying. Tuesday, Nov. 20 5:45 p.m. A...

Ask Fairy Godmother: Your place to bippity bappity bitch

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018August 15, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesDear Fairy Godmother, Thanksgiving was SO relaxing, how am I supposed to come back to school for another month? The cold weather and finals make me miserable just thinking about it. My roommate also keeps playing Christmas music even though I’ve told him it gives me a headache. Do you...

Sitting SA President vetoes election, declares himself President for Life

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTRAVIS LEFEVRE Editor in Chief Two weeks ago, droves of students opened their emails and voted for who they wanted to become the next president of the Student Association. While this is normally a time to look at who might be sitting at the top of the Fredonia’s bureaucratic food...

Student gets smacked by a pile of snow on top of passing car

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE and AMBER MATTICE Editor in Chief and Managing Editor On the corner of Ring Road and Symphony Circle lies a pile of snow found guilty of a horrendously hilarious accident. Jon Mason was just leaving class in Thompson to go back to his townhouse, ready to enjoy...

Trump reduced to puddle due to light rain

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018August 25, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018August 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesDOM MAGISTRO Special to The Scallion On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month of 1918, leaders from around the world put an end to the “war to end all wars.” For 100 years, the world has honored Armistice Day on that date, Nov. 11,...

Can Fredonia ever become a sports school?

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018September 2, 2019

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018September 2, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesAIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor Maybe. But it would take a lot. Fredonia isn’t a Division I school, so we’re not really in the running to be the next Syracuse, or even compete with UB for that matter. But a better question to ask would be what will it take...

Fredonia athletics update

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor These past two weeks saw Fredonia hockey continue a strong start to the season. Alongside Blue Devils hockey, Fredonia’s men’s and women’s basketball programs seasons are now underway. Both teams are winless so far in the season with both teams holding an 0-3 record as...

Let’s get festive: Don’t be a grinch, and keep reading

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018

by Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesAMBER MATTICE Managing Editor By the headline above I’m sure you have gathered that this is going to be an article centered around the upcoming holiday season. Don’t get me wrong, I used to be very grumpy around this time of year with everyone spouting Christmas cheer before it...

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Ask Fairy Godmother: Your place to bippity bappity bitch

Sitting SA President vetoes election, declares himself President for Life

Student gets smacked by a pile of snow on top of passing car

Trump reduced to puddle due to light rain

Can Fredonia ever become a sports school?

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Let’s get festive: Don’t be a grinch, and keep reading